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28 April 2016

Are You Bothered By Shaking Hands? It is campaign season. Time for greasing the palms and shaking hands—an ocean of sweaty, germ-ridden, open hands just waiting to “press the flesh” with a candidate. You probably have heard by now that presidential candidate Donald Trump does not shake hands. In his 1997 autobiography, he laments that […]

6 April 2016

We all welcome the March rain we have been getting. But coupled with the warmer temperatures this winter, I fear we may be in for a bad mosquito season. The human buffet will be open shortly. With all the headlines about the dreaded Zika and West Nile virus, people will be stocking up on insect […]

16 January 2016

Staphylococcus Antibiotic Resistance The past decade has seen Staphylococcus bacteria become a public health hazard. Mankind’s once seemingly limitless dominion over bacteria is no more. Bacteria, especially Staph, continue to chew through our existing antibiotic supply and our research pipeline cannot keep up.